From ea4784ea72fbd24d894296021f843c54ba89188c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kalow <bryce@clerk.dev>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:07:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(nextjs): Fix cookies() usage in server action

---
 .changeset/gentle-numbers-sit.md                 | 5 +++++
 packages/nextjs/src/app-router/server-actions.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/gentle-numbers-sit.md

diff --git a/.changeset/gentle-numbers-sit.md b/.changeset/gentle-numbers-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed7565bfed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gentle-numbers-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clerk/nextjs": patch
+---
+
+Await usage of cookies() and ensure the return value of the server action is valid.
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/app-router/server-actions.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/app-router/server-actions.ts
index 9ed90dfe516..caecdf189d8 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/app-router/server-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/app-router/server-actions.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import { cookies } from 'next/headers';
 // and the async is no longer required in newer next versions.
 // ref: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/62821
 export async function invalidateCacheAction() {
-  return cookies().delete(`__clerk_invalidate_cache_cookie_${Date.now()}`);
+  void (await cookies()).delete(`__clerk_invalidate_cache_cookie_${Date.now()}`);
 }